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UNITED STATES PATENT GEORGE KOENIQ'JR., OE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COMBINED SOFA-BED AND CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,825, dated July 7, 1885.

Application filed April 16, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE KOENIG, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Sofa Beds and Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in furniture; and it consists in the combination of two settees, each having separate legs, a hinged seat, and fastenings for joining the saine together, end to end, to form a sofa and sofabed, and also in the combination of two settees and a chair placed intermediate between the settees, each having a hinged seat, separate legs, and fastening for joining the same together to form a sofa and sofa-bed. One of the settees and the chair may be placed together and joined to forma lounge and bed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan or top view of the-two set-tees and the chair joined together to form a sofa. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same, showing the hinged seats of the settee and chair spread out to form abed. Fig. Sis a rear elevation, Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the chair, showing its hinged seat folded. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the same, showing the hinged seat spread out. Fig. 5* is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 6 is a plan view of one of thesettees, showing the hinged seat folded. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the same, showing the seat spread out. Fig. 8 is a plan View of two settees joined together to form a sofa and bed.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the chair, and B B are the settees. The chair, referring more especially to Figs. 1, 4, 5, and 5*, is provided with a suitable back, a, and a seat, C, hinged to the frame of the chair at b, which has attachedthereto a swinging support, c, that can be swung around when the hinged seat is folded, so as to lie between the seat and the back of the chair and be out of sight. The settees B B are likewise provided each with a seat, D D', hinged to the frame at d d', and having a swinging support, e e', attached thereto, precisely as in the chair, and the same are alsoprovided with a suitable back and arm.

To secure the settees or the chair and the settees together and retain them in that position, as shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, and 8, I use bolts, sockets, and catches placed on various parts of the chairs and settees.

On the frame of the seat of the chair is secured a bolt, f, and on the seat of one of the settees, B, Fig. l, is a socket, f, adapted to receive the said bolt, while on the opposite side of the seat of the chair is a socket, g', adapted to receive a bolt, g, on the seat of the settee B', placed on that side of the chair. These sockets and bolts are intended to prevent the chair or settees from moving laterally so as to break the line.

To keep the settees and chairs from separating, I place two or more catches, h, on one endof the back of the chair, which engage eyelets h on the back of the settee B', while on the opposite end of the back of the frame are eyelets which are engaged by catches on the corresponding end of the settee B.

To further secure the parts together, I place a similar series of bolts or catches, t' It, and eyelets or sockets c" k underneath the seat on the frames of the chair and settees, which fastening devices interlock, as before.

The bolts and catches are arranged as shown, in order that when the chair is omitted-that is to say, when the two settees are placed together end to end, as shown in Fig. S-the bolt g ou the settee B will find a corresponding socket, f ou the other settee, B, and each catch i will engage a corresponding eyelet, i.

As will be seen from the drawings, each of the parts has separate legs, and can therefore be used individually-that is to say, the chair and settees, when separate, can be used for the purpose to which ordinary chairs and settees are adapted.

When the two settees are joined together, as shown in Fig. 8, a sofa is produced of ordinary dimensions and appearance, which can be quickly converted into a bed by spreading out the seats which then rest upon their supports, and when a larger sofa is demandedl the chair is placed intermediate between the two settees, Fig. 1, and it is evident that by spreading out the seats of all three a larger bed will be produced, Fig. 2. It is evident a chair and one of the settees can be placed together and joined to form a lounge and bed.

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If required, several chairs may be placed intermediate between the settees, and secured as before.

The chair and settees are upholstered in any approved fashion, the various means of connection being hidden by said upholstering to a certain extent, so that the parts are not easily distinguished from the ordinary ehair or settee, while at the same time a sofa or bed can be produced by means of the same in a very short space of time.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of two settees, each having separate legs, a hinged seat, and fast-en ings for joining the Sallie together, end to end, to form a sofa and sofa-bed, substantially as shown and described.

GEORGE KOENIG, Jn.

VWitnesses:

XV. HAUFF, A. Fannie DU FAUR, Jr. 

